How Sez Sees It

A little over a year ago someone I admire and have so much time for asked me to help him out. He had left the band The Dead Lay Waiting and was setting off on his own. This would end up being collaborations with other talented muscians, new friends and working with all sorts of artists. Today the fruit of his labour is released into the world and we all get to find out what he has been up to. When I was asked to help promote things I didn't ask questions, I simply sat back and waited to find out what he had in store for the world. I am as excited as anyone else for today's announcements and I hope anyone reading this will join me in wishing him luck. Why would I follow someone blindly and help to promote something I know practically nothing about? Because I have faith in this human being. He has been there for me through an awful lot and he is one of the nicest, most talented people I have had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with. I support him because I believe he is ...

Recently I have found the confidence to enter a world I have always wanted to enter, the world of cosplay. I guess the best way to start is to try and explain what 'cosplay' is to the uninitiated. 'Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure?), short for costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character or idea that is usually identified with a unique name. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centred on role play. A broader use of the term cosplay applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.' (Taken from Wikipedia.) Basically you can take any character you like. It could be from your favourite film or manga or anime or cartoon or comic...literally anything you can think of. The next step is to build your costume. Some people go to great lengths to do this and meticulously put together their costumes over month (and sometim...

Yesterday (18 September 2014) Scotland decided to stay in the Union. This is the outcome that I wanted as I stated at the time that I have a personal passion for the country. I am glad that the majority believed that the UK is better together and that we can work towards a brighter future hand in hand. What about people who voted ‘Yes’ though, what does this mean for them? Well many will be hoping that they will be able to at least have more powers after this vote. The problem here lies with Westminster though. All new bills will have to be passed in Parliament based in Westminster and it is uncertain how keen the politicians will be to grant the new powers to Scotland. The main thing with the vote, whichever way it went, was that there will be a divide. Actually there will be a couple of divides. The English will be thinking that there were over 1.5 million Scots who voted for independence and do not want to be a part of the Union. Could this create some ill will between the ...

I am a woman living in the South of England so how does the Independence vote in Scotland affect me? Well apart from being a life long Labour Party supporter and having worries that a 'Yes' vote will mean that Labour will never come to power again (in which case I am moving to Scotland...you have been warned) I have been thinking more on this issue. I could spout off like everyone else does about politics and economics, but I think I have done that to death now. I would like to talk about what Scotland means to me. To me, Scotland is a beautiful country that I have visited a couple of times and would like to visit more. I have a lot of friends in Scotland that I have made over the internet and then met in real life too. They are wonderful, bright, talented people who I am better for knowing. I don't want there to be a divide between us, I want to feel closer to them. I want to be able to freely travel into Scotland without any restrictions such as using a passport at ...

In no particular order and by no means the only films I like I thought I would share with you some of my favourite films. There are too many to list really so here are 10 highlights: 1. White Christmas This is my all time favourite Christmas movie and I always watch it on Christmas Eve as it gets me in the festive mood. One of the few films that is a remake and is better than the original (see Holiday Inn). Two male entertainers take up with two female entertainers and stay in a ski lodge where there is no snow. They find out it is owned by their old commander and swear to put on a show and get people to visit the lodge so he can make some money that year. Does the snow come? What do you think? 2. Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring I love the whole trilogy, but the first one really captured my imagination and sucked me in so it is the favourite. Frodo (a hobbit) inherits a magical golden ring from his Uncle Bilbo (The Hobbit) and finds out it is the one ring of power...

I did this on Twitter earlier but it might need some explaining so here it is:             I taught myself some key words in Welsh so I can recognise them written down and understand them when they are spoken but I can’t write it or speak it though.             I love Japanese horror films and detest the American remakes. I don’t see the point in them and they are never as good. See Ringu / Ring and Ju-on / Grudge for examples.             In the car with dad we once almost ran over Frank Lampard and John Terry on the same day but on separate occasions as they stepped out in front of our car.              I have a favourite Japanese actor called Tatsuya Fujiwara . I discovered him in Battle Royale when I was 14/15 and have seen almost everything he has been in either on DVD or online. I am catching up on a couple of films I have missed because sometimes ...

Blasphemy! You are no fun and not taking part in something that can change lives and make a difference to so many other people! Look, I am prepared to piss people off with this view. I understand what the challenge is for. If you don't you can find out more about ALS or Motor Neurone Disease here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Motor-neurone-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx If you want to give to the wonderful charities that are looking for a cure and helping support those with the disease there is a list of places to do so at this article:  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/how-to-donate-to-als-no-ice-bucket-challenge-necessary-to-help-motor-neurone-disease-charities-9690499.html Also, as an aside, Macmillan are also getting people to do the ice-bucket thing and their link can also be found in the article above. Now why won't I participate? Well, it feels as though the hyp...